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Coordinating the Congress: Explaining Caucus Persistence in the United States House
In: APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
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The Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Representatives
In: American politics research, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 742-766
ISSN: 1552-3373
This article challenges the existing state-of-knowledge about legislative caucuses by arguing that the caucus system reflects and reinforces formal organizing institutions, such as parties and committees, rather than counterbalancing them. We argue that legislators engage in the caucus system to maximize the social utility of their relationships. Using a social network framework, we develop and test hypotheses that seek to ascertain the types of legislators that assume elevated positions in the caucus network. We collect data on the complete population of caucuses and their members from the first session of the 110th U.S. House of Representatives and conduct social network analyses to find evidence that the caucus system supports the hierarchical structure of existing formal institutions.
The Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Representatives
In: American politics research, Band 37, Heft 5, S. 742-766
ISSN: 1532-673X
The Second-order Election Model in an Enlarged Europe
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 321-346
ISSN: 1741-2757
On 1 May 2004, the European Union (EU) welcomed its new member states from Central and Eastern Europe. This paper considers to what extent one of the most widely tested and supported theories of voting behavior in Western Europe, the second-order election model, applies in the enlarged EU. We test the model using election data from the new member states and find that voters do not cast protest votes against their incumbent national governments in second-order elec tions, that is, elections where voters believe little to be at stake. This finding contradicts one of the model's basic propositions and runs counter to the empirical reality in the old member states, with potentially significant implications for inter and intra-institutional politics in the EU.
The Second-order Election Model in an Enlarged Europe
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 321-346
ISSN: 1465-1165
An institutional safety net? How electoral institutions mediate the fortunes of parties under threat
In: Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 322-341
ISSN: 1745-7297
The European Union and beyond: multi-level governance, institutions, and policy-making
"Provides a comprehensive examination of some of the major questions in the study of European Union politics, regional integration and multilevel governance"--
World Affairs Online
Policy leadership and re-election in the European Parliament
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 23, Heft 8, S. 1158-1179
ISSN: 1466-4429
Explaining Reelection in the European elections 2014
In: Die Europawahl 2014, S. 335-344
Can Congressional Caucuses Alleviate Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Congress?
In: APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
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Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer? Information Networks in Legislative Politics
In: British journal of political science, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 601-628
ISSN: 1469-2112
The authors contribute to the existing literature on the determinants of legislative voting by offering a social network-based theory about the ways that legislators' social relationships affect floor voting behaviour. It is argued that legislators establish contacts with both political friends and enemies, and that they use the information they receive from these contacts to increase their confidence in their own policy positions. Social contacts between political allies have greater value the more the two allies agree on policy issues, while social contacts between political adversaries have greater value the more the two adversaries disagree on policy issues. To test these propositions, we use social network analysis tools and demonstrate how to account for network dependence using a multilevel modelling approach. Adapted from the source document.
Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer? Information Networks in Legislative Politics
In: British journal of political science, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 601-628
ISSN: 1469-2112
The authors contribute to the existing literature on the determinants of legislative voting by offering a social network-based theory about the ways that legislators' social relationships affect floor voting behaviour. It is argued that legislators establish contacts with both political friends and enemies, and that they use the information they receive from these contacts to increase their confidence in their own policy positions. Social contacts between political allies have greater value the more the two alliesagreeon policy issues, while social contacts between political adversaries have greater value the more the two adversariesdisagreeon policy issues. To test these propositions, we use social network analysis tools and demonstrate how to account for network dependence using a multilevel modelling approach.
Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer? Information Networks in Legislative Politics
In: British journal of political science, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 601-628
ISSN: 0007-1234